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In Okhu, a village with a mixed population, there are more definite proofs of the Kurds having Armenian ancestry. Parunag Topalian reports that the young Armenians had a habit of calling the village Kurds gess-gess (half-and-half). This means that for the village Armenians a number of the Kurds were Armenians. Relations between the Kurdish and Armenian masses are good. When an Armenian visits a Kurdish neighbour, the guest is immediately invited to sit down near the hearth, the most important place. Apart from this, when their sons go through the ceremony of circumcision, it often happens that the parents seat the child on an Armenian neighbour’s lap. This is an important symbol of the strengthening of family links. [11]
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